Watch Framework launch ‘next gen’ modular gadgets right here at 10:30a PT / 1:30p ET.
… We’re here at Framework’s Next Gen event in San Francisco, and you can follow along with the livestream. …
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Get ahead of the Gen-10 Xbox cycle with news on the 2027 console release, Windows 11 integration, and third-party store leaks.
Microsoft’s Xbox PC app hints at China expansion for Game Pass
… Microsoft was planning to do this with the Xbox One, but a backlash from publishers and game resellers forced the company to abandon the plans. Windows Central speculates that Positron could be in preparation for Project Helix, Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox console. …
Xbox changes continue with new console boot animation
… The new Xbox logo has a more glassy look, and I understand Microsoft has also been using this new design for some of its internal next-gen Project Helix materials. …
Microsoft’s new Xbox shake-up is all about platform changes
… Kevin Gammill, corporate vice president of Xbox user experience, is also stepping down after nearly 20 years at Microsoft. “He has dedicated more than 15 years to Xbox and will support the transition,” says Sharma. “I’m grateful for his leadership and everything he has built here.” Jason Ronald, vi… …
Notepad Newsletter
… Tom Warren Jun 26, 2025 Inside Microsoft’s complicated relationship with OpenAI Tom Warren Jun 19, 2025 Microsoft just teased its next-gen Xbox console, and nobody noticed Tom Warren Jun 12, 2025 Why Microsoft has created its own print magazine Tom Warren Jun 5, 2025 SteamOS puts the pressure on Mi… …
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
… We first heard the next-gen Xbox codename earlier this year, and Microsoft is now promising more details about Project Helix “later this year.” I’d be surprised if we hear anything significant about Project Helix during the Xbox showcase next month, though. …
Inside the return of Xbox
… One of the first things Sharma did after getting the Xbox CEO job was announce Helix in a post on X, promising that the next Xbox console “will lead in performance and play your Xbox and PC games.” Alpha versions of Project Helix are heading to developers in 2027, so the next generation of Xbox is … …
Best Tech Deals
… If you’re considering an Apple Watch SE or the Series 11, but want something more durable, the first-gen Apple Watch Ultra is in the same pricing ballpark. …
Behind the unraveling of Dan Crenshaw
… Bruesewitz, on the other hand, grew up playing NBA 2K and Madden with his high school friends over Xbox Live, during the peak of the gaming platform’s toxic harassment culture — an experience, he said, that helped him develop an oddly zen approach to internet trolling. “I’m a Gen Z guy who would sp… …